Julius carwin clausen



UNITED STATES PATENT Fries J ULIUS CARWIN CLAUSEN, OF HENSALL, CANADA.

HAM E-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,414, dated O'ctober30, 1894.

Application filed `February 5, 1894. Serial No. 499,079. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, JULIUs GARWIN CLAU- SEN, of Hensall, in the Provinceof Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented 'a new and ImprovedHame-Tug and Trace Fastening, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My hame-tug belongs in a class whose characteristic is a series ofnotches, or slots, adapted to receive a hook attached to a trace. I havedevised certain material changes and improvements as hereinafterspecified.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed. w

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the hame tug embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is abroken perspective view of the fastening hook on the trace, showing theouter side thereof. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the inner side ofthe fastening hook, and Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 5-5 ofFig. 1.

The hame tug 10is provided with an elongated frame having two parallelside pieces 11 which are connected at intervals by cross rods 12, whichstien the frame and which also assist in holding the trace hook, ashereinafter described, and to one of these cross rods, at the end of theframe, is pivoted the strap 13 which may be connected to the hame in anyusual manner.

The side pieces at the rear end of the tug are widened, as shown at 14,to form a good bearing,fand at these points the buckle frame 16 ispivoted, as shown at 15 in Figs. 1 and 2,

this frame being of substantially the usual.

kind having the customary cross bar/17 to guide the trace, the rear loop18 serving as a guide and adapted to receive the breeching strap, andthe top and bottom loops 19 to connect with the back pad and bellygirth. This pivot or hinge connection between the hametug and buckleframe, 16, is important, since it enables the hame-tug to be bent inwardwhen a trace is to be attached, so that the lathard, so that it becomesdiicult to adjust them from one engagement to another with a buckle orother fastening device. By my construction and connection of parts, nodifflculty is encountered in such adjustment. The frame is provided alsowith cross bars 20, these being arranged at regular intervals, and eachbar being placed adjacent to and a little behind a cross rod 12, whilein the back side of each cross bar is a notch 21, rearwardly andinwardly inclined, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 5, this 'notch beingadapted to receive the tongue 22 on the inner side and rear end of thefastening hook 23, which hook is provided with an out-turned point ornose, 23, havinga transverse groove, 24, in its outer side to adapt itfor engagement with a cross rod, 12. The fastening hook 23 is providedwith square shoulders 25 on each side of the tongue 22, these shoul- Vders being adapted to abut with the front flat end portions of the crossbars 20. The hook 23 is also provided with arearwardlyextending shank23a which is fastened in the end of thetrace 26, as shown clearly inFig. 2, but the hook may be fastened in any convenient 'to facilitatethe adjustment of the hook.

The trace 26 extends backward through the buckle 16 in the customarymanner, and to l IOO which it is desired t0 engage the hook, and whenthe tongue enters the notch, the groove 24'engages the cross rod 12, andthe trace is thus heid securely in piace and extends rearward so thatthere isastraight pull on the tug.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The combination of a buckle, a hametug hingedthereto, and having cross-bars' provided with notches on their innersides, and cross rods arranged in front of said bars, and a trace andits fastening hook having a `tongue and out-turned point adapted toengage said cross-bars and rods, respectively, as shown and described.

2. The combination with the haine-tug hav` ing the notched cross barsand cross rods arranged in front of the latter, of the metal,trace-fastening hook, having a rearwardly projecting hook, and anout-turned point which is adapted to pass beneath and engage said crossbars, as shown and described.

JULIUS CARWIN CLAUSEN.

Witnesses:

JAS. SUTHERLAND, GEORGE JAMES SUTHERLAND.

